Hydraulically operated lift for tractors



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INVENTOR.

A 7 TO/QA/EY- Patented Mar. 18, 1952 HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED LIFT FOR TRACTORS Jesse C. Hawkins, Legerwood, N. 0.

Application September 2, 1948, Serial No. 47,469

8 Claims.

This invention relates to a hydraulically operated lift for tractor drawn detachable implements.

It is an object of this invention to provide a hydraulic lift which may be mounted between the rear wheels of a tractor and having means thereon for attaching agricultural implements thereto, whereby the entire implement may be raised and lowered relative to the tractor, as desired.

It is another object of this invention to provide a, framework for attaching to a tractor between the rear wheels thereof and said framework having lever arms mounted on the same in parallel relation to each other with one end of one of the arms being connected to a hydraulically operated ram whereby an implement such as a plow or the like may be secured to the lever arms and may thus be raised and lowered by the hydraulic ram relative to the tractor and the implement will maintain a similar attitude regardless of its elevation relative to the tractor.

Heretofore, lifts for agricultural implements have had their rear ends rigidly connected to the front end of the implement, such as a plow, so as the plow is raised, the angle of attack of the plow point has been increased, thus causing the plow to tend to go deeper into the ground. By the means employed in my lift, the whole implement and beam are raised at the same rate, thus overcoming the above defects.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objects will appear as the description proceeds, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of the rear portion of a, tractor, omitting one of the wheels and showing the invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 is top plan view of the structure shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing a different type of implement connected to the rearmost end of the apparatus;

Figure 4 is an elevation with parts in section and being taken substantially along the line 44 in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is an elevation with parts in section, showing the rear end of the apparatus, and being taken along the line 5-5 in Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a sectional plan view taken substantially along the line 6-6 in Figure 3;

Figure 7 is a schematic diagram showing the hydraulically operated means for controlling the hydraulic ram;

Figure 8 is an elevation with parts in section and being taken along the line 8-8 in Figure 2, but omitting the tractor;

Figure 9 is a sectional plan view taken along the line 9-9 in Figure 8;

Figure 10 is a sectional plan view taken along the line Ill-I0 in Figure 8;

Figure 11 is an isometric view showing the lifting structure with various parts broken away for purposes of clarity;

Figure 12 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the line |2l2 in Figure 3;

Figure 13 is a view showing the pump expansion tank, control valve, ram, and piping mounted on a tractor and showing the rear portion thereof in section;

Figure 14 is a view similar to Figure 4 but showing a different type of cross bar to which the implement is secured. v

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the numeral l0 broadly designates a suitable tractor having a longitudinally extending frame I I, the rear end of which terminates at a differential gear casing I2 having transverse axle housings I3 and [4 extending therefrom, in which conventional axles 15 are joumaled (Figure 1). The axles [5 are connected at their ends to rear drive wheels IE, only one of which is shown in the drawings. The axles are 'connected to the wheels l6 by conventional gear housings, so the wheels [6 are eccentrically mounted adjacent opposite ends of the axle housings l3 and 14.

The tractor I0 also has a steering wheel 20 and an operators seat 2|. The steering wheel 20 is mounted on a steering column 22, which is supported intermediate its ends by a vertically disposed standard 23, the standard 23 also having pivoted thereto as at 24, a manually operable bell crank control lever 25, which is connected by a rod 26 with a valve actuating lever 21 connected to a valve mechanism, to be later described, housed in a valve housing 30 secured, by conventional means, to the bottom of the longitudinally extending frame ll of the tractor H). The tractor also has a conventional internal combustion engine 28 mounted on the frame ll (Figure 13).

Secured to the lower surface of the housing I2 of the tractor I0 by means of bolts 36 is the lifter frame structure broadlydesignated at 35. This structure comprises spaced rearwardly extending angle bars 31 and 40, which are penetrated by the bolts 36 at their right-hand ends in Figure 2. Angle bars 4| and 42 are welded to the right-hand ends of the bars 40 and 31, re-

spectively, and extend downwardly therefrom and are welded at their lower ends to rearwardly extending angle bars 43 and 44, respectively, which are in parallel spaced relation to the angle bars 3'! and 40 disposed thereabove.

The rear ends of the angle bars 43 and 3'! and 44 and 40 are welded to connectin angle bars 45 and 45, respectively, which are spanned at their upper and lower ends by transverse bars 50 and secured thereto as by welding.

Secured as by bolts 56 to opposite sides of the angle bars 3'! and 43 and 4|! and 44, respectively, adjacent their rear ends, are guide members comprising spaced vertically disposed angle bars 52 and 53, and 54 and 55, respectively (Figures 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8). Angle braces "51 and '58 are provided, the upper ends of which are secured, as by bolts 59, to the upper ends of the angle bars 53 and 55, respectively, their lower ends being secured, as by screws 59a to the angle bars 3! and 4|J, respectively. The .upper ends of the angle bars 52 and 53 and bkand :55 are held in spaced relation to eachbther :by'a transverse bar 60 which spans the distance therebetween and is secured to the upper ends of the angle bars 52 and 53 and 54 and .55, by any suitable means such as bolts 64 (Figures 5 and 11). The partially flattened opposite ends .of :a tubular connected at its other end to the tank 8|.

member 62 which spans theldistanceibetween the lower ends of the angle bars 52 and .54, .are penetrated by a'bolt 63 to lthus secure the same to the-angle bars 152 and '53 and 54 and 55 .and thus serves to hold. the lower ends of the angle bars 52, 53, 54 and 55 in spaced relation'to each I other. y

Mounted on the tubular member 62 is the lower end of a cylinder 65 having downwardly extending spaced ears 6B welded .to the same and which straddle the transverse tubular member -62 and are penetrated at their lower ends by a bolt '6! to'thusclamp the lowerend of the cylinder 65 to the transverse member 62.

The cylinder B5has a suitable hydraulic fluid 10 therein anda hydraulic ram -or piston TI is mounted therein for vertical sliding movement. The upper-end of the hydraulic ram H is welded to a transverse horizontally disposed bar 12, the opposite ends of which are mounted for vertical sliding'movement between the angle bars 52 and 53 and5'4'and'55. The bar "is prevented-from having endwise movement between the angle bars 52 and 54 and 53 and 5.5 by angle clips lt welded totheibar l2 and engaging proximate surfaces of the angle bars 52, 53, 5'4 and 55 (Figures 5 and '10). Communicating with the lower end of the cylinder'65 is a pipe I5 which extends rearwardly in'Figures 7 and 8'and is connected 'to the housing and has a suitable manually operable valve 16 therein. The valve housing 3|l1has ports 11,18, .19 and 74 therein and .also has a valve core '80 therein which is mounted for rotational movement in thevalve housing 3.0land is fixedly mounted on the transverse shaft '82 which extends outwardly from one side thereof and on which the valve actuating member 21, heretofore described, is fixedly mounted. The valve core 80 has passageways 8'3 and 84 therein, the passageway '83 being adapted to connect the ports 11 and "i9 and the passageway 84 being adapted to connect the ports 18 and 14 when the parts are in the .position shown in Figure 7 to allow the fluid to flow from cylinder -65 to the expansion tank 9|.

. Port 14 has a pipe 8| leading therefromv to; the

expansion tank 9|.

One end of pipes 85 and 86 are connected to the housing 30 and cooperate with the ports 18 and 19 respectively. The pipe 85 is connected at its other end to a suitable hydraulic pump 81 which is a conventional part of a tractor and which is suitably driven by the engine 28 of the tractor. The pump 81 has a pipe 90 connected to the same which connects it with the expansion tank 9| (Figure '7). The pipe 86 extends from the valve housing 38 and is It is thus seen that by means of the control lever 25, the valve member 851 may be partially rotated as desired to align the ports TI and 18 with the passageway 84 to force fluid into the cylinder 55 and to also align the ports 11 and 19 with the passageway 83 as shown in Figure '7 to allow the fluid to return from the cylinder 65 to the expansion tank 9|, at which time the fluid pumped by pump 81 will return to the tank 9| through pipe 8|.

Now, when the valve .core '80 is in the position shown in Figure 7, the hydraulic fluid .10 may escape through the pipe 15 and :the valve '56, assuming that it is open .and'through the port TI and the passageway "83 "to the port '19 and thus through the .pipe '85 to the expansion tank 91. Now, this will therefore permit the .ram H to move downwardly under the weight of the structure connected thereto.

When it is desired to .raise the ram H, the valve core 80 is rotated in'a counterclockwise direction in Figure 7 to thus align the passageway 84 with the ports TI .and 118 so the :pum-pi81 will pump hydraulic fluid from the tank 91 through the pipe 90 through the pump 81 through the pipe 85, through the .port 18, "through the passageway 84, through the port 11, and through the pipe 15, assuming that the valve 15 is open, and thus to the lower end of :the cylinder 65 and to thus cause the ram "H ,to be moved 11pwardly.

A transverse shaft 95 penetrates thelower ends of the angle bars 4| and 42 and is weldedthereto, and this shaft 95 extends outwardly a substantial distance from each :side of the angle bars 4| and 42, and has one end of .brace bars 95 and 91 connected to the same, which extend upwardly and inwardly toward *each other and are fixedly secured as at I00, to opposite sides of the longitudinally extendingportion ofthe tractor I!) (Figure 2).

-Pivota1ly connected to opposite ends :of the shaft 95 are the front ends of :bars |0| and 1-02 and H33 and H14, respectively, which comprise booms B and B, respectively. The opposite ends of the bars IIJI and I02, as well as the bars 103 and IE4 are in juxtaposed relation to each other and are bent apart from each other at the medial portion thereof and the medial portions of the bars |l| and I02 and N3 and I04 are held in spaced relation to each other by suitable washers I05 (Figure 6). 7

The bars ||l| and H12 and 103 and HM are slidably penetrated by bolts I01 which also penetrate the associated washers H15 and engaging opposite sides of the bars ||l| and |02 and H13 and H34, respectively, are the medial portionsofsupport bars or links .I I0 and II and H2 and-| |3. The bars H0 and III extend upwardly and inwardly toward each other to where they are .spot welded together and the uppermost ends of the same are swingably mounted on the restricted right-hand end of the vertically movable .barl2 in Figure 5. The bars 2 and H3 at the'opposite side of the frame '35 are bent'inwardly alsotoward each other and are spot welded to each other and their upper ends are loosely mounted on the restricted left-hand end of the vertically movable bar 12 in Figure 5. The opposite ends of the vertically movable bar 12 have nuts H5 and H6 threadably mounted thereon to thus prevent endwise movement of the upper end of the bars I I and I II and H2 and I I3, respectively.

U-shaped clevises I20 and IZI (Figure 2) straddle the booms B and B, respectively, and are penetrated by bolts I23 and I24 which pass between the bars I03 and I04 and IOI and I02, respectively. These U-shaped clevises I20 and I2I have the remote ends of link chains I21 and I25 respectively, connected thereto, the proximate ends of which are connected to opposite ends of a horizontally disposed bar I06 secured, as by welding, to the transverse bar 50. The purpose of these chains I26 and I21 is to permit the booms B and B to move vertically relative to the fixed frame 35 and to also prevent excessive outward movement of the associated bars or links IIO to H3 inclusive.

The transverse bar 12 has spaced ears I35 welded to the medial portion thereof between which one end of a rearwardly exterming link I36 is pivotally mounted as at I31 (Figure 11). The rearmost ends of the booms B and B as well as the rear end of the link I36, are adapted to be connected to the desired earthworking implement, such as a scraper or plow or the like, and in Figures 1 and 2, the apparatus is shown connected to a suitable grading assembly device broadly designated at G and the apparatus is shown in Figure 3 connected to a suitable plow assembly P. These showings, the grading device and the plow, are typical installations and it is obvious that other modifications in the framework rearwardly of the booms B and B and the arm I36 may be necessary depending upon the structure of the implement to be attached to the lifting device.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, it may be observed that the grading device G comprises a grading blade I 40 having cast brackets MI and I42 connected to the same as by screws I43 and which are secured as by bolts I45 to the ends of a U-shaped draw bar I46 which extends forwardly and has a channel bar I50 welded to the front end thereof,

the ends of which are welded to rearwardly extending brace bars II which extend rearwardly and are welded to the curved draw bar I46. The purpose of the channel bar I50 is to lend rigidity to the curved draw bar I46 so the grading device G will not tend to move from side to side inasmuch as opposite ends of the channel bar I50 may engage proximate sides of the booms B and B as the grading device G is being carried in a raised position such as that shown in Figure 1. Welded to the transverse channel bar I50 at the medial portion thereof is the front end of a weight member I52 which extends rearwardly and has brace bars I53 and I54 welded to opposite sides thereof adjacent the rear end and extending forwardly and away from each other at an angle and their front ends are welded to plates I55 and I56, respectively. Welded to opposite side edges of the weight member I52 a substantial distance from its front end in Figure 2 are outwardly extending angle bars I58 and I59, the

outer ends of which are welded to the lower ends of the plates I55 and I56, respectively.

The plates I55 and I56 are pivotally connected as at I51 to the rearmost ends of the booms B and B. Also being pivotally connected at the point I51 are the lower ends of diverging bars sembly P to the rear end of the frame structure 35. A transverse shaft I15 is oscillatably mounted in the rear ends of the booms B and B and secured to the bar I15 by means of U-bolts I16 and I11 are the front ends of longitudinally extending draw bars I and IBI, respectively, which are a conventional part of the plow assembly P and extend rearwardly and have secured to the same as by screws I82 a plow share I83.

Secured to the draw bars I60 and IBI as by bolts I85 are upwardly extending converging lever bars I86 and I81, which are secured Itogether at their upper ends by a bolt I90 having a spacer sleeve I9I thereon. The upper ends of the bars I86 and I81 are also penetrated by a bolt I92 on which the rear end of the bar I36 of the frame 35 is pivotally mounted.

In operation, as the implement is raised from a position such as that shown in Figure 3 to the position shown in Figure 1, the hydraulic ram 1I moves upwardly thus moving the transverse bar 12 upwardly and this will raise the booms B and B comprising the bars IOI, I02, I03 and I04 upwardly at their rearmost ends and will also move the front end of the bar I36 upwardly to thus raise the implement connected thereto. The means for raising and lowering the hydraulic ram 1I having been described, a further description is deemed unnecessary.

By referring to Figure 14 there may be observed a means for connecting the plow ,P to the rear end of the frame structure 35 which is very similar to that which is shown in Figure 4, and where like parts are shown, the same reference characters will apply to the parts shown in Figare 14 as apply to the parts shown in Figure 4 with the exception that the transverse bar I15 will bear the numeral I15a in Figure 14, due to the transverse bar I15a being shaped differentially from the bar I15.

While the opposite ends of the transverse bar I15 in Figure 4 are bent upwardly and outwardly so they are disposed on the same longitudinal axis and in the same horizontal plane, the transverse bar I15a shown in Figure 14 is offset at opposite ends thereof, the right-hand end being bent upwardly and outwardly as at I95 and the left-hand end thereof being bent downwardly and outwardly as at I96 and these outwardly bent portions I95 and I 96 are disposed on the same inclined longitudinal axis, but at different'heights.

These portions I95 and I66 are oscillatably mounted in the reanmost ends of the booms B and B in the same manner in which the opposite ends of the transverse bar I15 in Figure 4 are mounted in the rearmost ends of the booms B and B. 1

O ne of the features of this lifting apparatus is that the rear ends of the booms B and .B' will move upwardly faster than the transverse bar 12 to which the longitudinally extending bar I36 is connected, due to the mechanical advantage of the booms relative to the ram H, and therefore as" the implement is lifted from engagement with the earth, the angle at which the plow share I83,

in the instance of the plow P, engages the earth would be decreased, thus permittingthe'implement to be raised and to therefore slide upwardly out of the earth as it is being raised upwardly and to therefore decrease resistance to forward motion of the tractor, and thus the implement does not have a tendency to dig into the ground. In other words, as the lower the rearmost ends of the booms B and B drop, the steeper the angle at which the pointed portion of the implement is disposed, thus forcing the pointed portion to dig deeper into the earth and when the implement is moved upwardly, the portion of the blade of the implement which is rearwardly of the pointed portion will move upwardly at a slower rate than the pointed portion thus causing the bladed portion of the implement to be tipped rearwardly.

The effect that this feature has in the instance of a grading implement, such as shown in Figure 1, is to cause the lower edge of the blade I40 to move forwardly and upwardly at a faster rate than the upper edge of the blade I46, thereby causing the blade to be tilted rearwardly at its upper end and to thereby prevent the dirt which has been scooped up by the blade I40 from spilling out or Sliding off from the blade as quickly as it would do so in the event that the angularity of the blade I40 remained the same throughout its upward and downward movement. I

Obviously, the implement lift as described may be used for many other types of implements than those shown in the drawings and an implement lift of this type may be connected to truck tractors as well as farm tractors or any other desired type of tractor, the implements and tractor being shown by way of illustration only.

The purpose of these offset portions I95 and I96 integral with the bar I'I5a is so that the left wheel of the tractor may ride in the furrows that being disposed between the rear wheels of the tractor, guide members secured to the'rear end of the fixed frame, a hydraulic cylinder disposed between the guide members, a piston mounted for vertical sliding movement in the cylinder, a transverse bar secured to the upper end of the vertically movable piston, said transverse bar extending to and having vertical sliding movement in the guide members, a boom pivotally mounted on each side of the frame forwardly of the guide members and the free ends of the same extending a substantial distance rearwardly of the guide members, a link connection between an intermediate portion of each of the booms and the transverse bar, an earthworking implement frame, means for pivotally securing the front end of the earthworking implement frame to the rearmost ends of the booms, a cantilevered portion rising from the front endof the implement frame, a link piv'otally connected to the upper end of the cantilevered portion and said transverse bar, a source of hydraulic power connected to the lower end of the cylinder and manually controlled means for admitting hydraulic fluid under pressure to the lower end of the cylinder for raising the vertically movable piston to thereby raise the rear ends of the booms for raising the implement frame connected thereto and manually operable means for releasing the hydraulic fluid under pressure from the cylinder thereby permitting the booms and the associated implement frame to move downwardly by gravity.

2, In combination with a tractor having a longitudinally extending frame and a rear axle housing and having driving wheels disposed at each end of the rear axle housing, a fixed frame may have already, been formed by the plow P and the right-hand wheel of the tractor would ride on that part of the ground which has not been plowed and therefore the axis of the rear wheels of the tractor would be disposed on somewhat of an angle and would cause the rearmost ends of the booms B and B to be disposed in substantially the position shown in Figure 14 which, in the event of using the type of bar I75 as shown in Figure 4, would cause the plow to be disposed at an angle relative to the ground and, in the event of the bar I'I5a, the plow would still be disposed in a substantially vertically disposed position while it is being pulled over the ground by the tractor in a plowing operation.

The bars I60, IEI, and links I54 and I65 in Fi ures 1 and 2 and the lever bars I86 and I8! in V the claims.

, I claim:'

1Q In combination with a tractor having a rear axle assembly and driving wheels mounted on opposite ends of the rear axle assembly, a rigid frame secured to the rearend of the I tractor and extending rearwardly therefrom and secured below the longitudinally extending frame of the tractor and extending rearwardly therefrom, a hydraulic cylinder secured to the fixed frame, said fixed frame having guide members secured thereto and disposed on each side of the hydraulic cylinder, a piston mounted for vertical sliding movement in the hydraulic cylinder, a transverse bar mounted on the upper end of the piston and extending through the guide members at each side thereof, a pair of booms pivotally connected at their front ends to the front end of the rearwardly extending fixed frame, a pair of link members having their upper ends connected to the ends of the transverse bar secured to the upper end of the piston, said link members extending downwardlyland being pivotally connected intermediate the ends of each of the boo-ms, a rearwardly extending link pivotally connected at its front end to the transverse bar intermediate its ends, an earthworking implement frame having an implement thereon, means for pivotally connecting the front end of the implement frame to the rearmost ends of the booms, an upwardly extending cantilevered portion secured to the implement frame adjacent the front end thereof, and means for pivotally connecting the rear end of the rearwardly extending link, which is connected to the trans.- verse bar, to the upper end of the cantilevered portion, said tractor having a source of hydraulic pressure mounted thereon, manually controlled means for admitting hydraulic pressure to the lower end of the cylinder thereby moving the associated piston upwardly and whereby due to the movement of the rear ends of the booms about their pivot points, relative to the movement of the rearwardly extending link between the cantilevered portion on the implement frame and the transverse bar, the front end of the im plement will be caused to move upwardly at a greater speed than the rear end of the implement, thus decreasing the angle at which the implement digs into the earth upon forward motion of the tractor.

3. In a structure according to claim 2, a flexible connection between the medial portion of the booms and the fixed frame to thereby'prevent excessive lateral sway in the booms and the associated implement frame during transit while the hydraulic piston and associated parts are in a raised position.

4. In combination with a tractor having a longitudinally extending frame and a rear axle housing and having driving wheels disposed at each end of the rear axle housing, a fixed frame secured below the longitudinally extending frame of the tractor and extending rearwardly therefrom, a vertically disposed hydraulic cylinder secured to the fixed frame, said fixed frame having a pair of vertically disposed guide members secured thereto, one guide member being disposed on each side of the hydraulic cylinder, a piston mounted for vertical sliding movement in the hydraulic cylinder, a transverse bar mounted on the upper end of the piston and extending through the guide members at each side thereof, a pair of booms pivotally connected to the front end of the rearwardly extending fixed frame, a link member secured to each end of the transverse bar secured to the upper end of the piston, said link member extending downwardly and being pivotally connected intermediate the ends of each of the booms, a rearwardly extending link having its front end pivotally connected to the transverse bar intermediate its ends, an implement frame provided with an earthworking implement and having its front end pivotally connected to the rear ends of the booms and having an uprising cantilevered portion secured to its front end, a pivotal connection between the upper end of the cantilevered portion and the rear end of the rearwardly extending link, said tractor having a source of hydraulic pressure mounted thereon, manually controlled means for admitting hydraulic fluid to the lower end of the cylinder under pressure thereby moving the associated piston upwardly and whereby due to the movement of the rear ends of the booms about their pivot points, relative to the movement of the rearwardly extending link pivotally connected to the upper end of the cantilevered portion at its rear end and to the transverse bar at its front end, the forward edge of the implement will be caused to move forwardly and upwardly at a greater speed than the rear portion of the implement, thus decreasing the angle at which the implement digs into the earth as the implement is raised upwardly upon forward movement of the tractor.

5. Hydraulic lift means for a tractor having a hydraulic pump comprising a fixed frame secured at its forward end to the rear end of the tractor, vertically movable hydraulic lift means mounted in the fixed frame, a boom disposed on each side of the fixed frame and having their front ends pivotally secured to the fixed frame, a connection between the hydraulic lift means and a medial portion of the booms, an implement frame having its front end pivotally secured to the rear ends of the booms, an uprising cantilevered portion rigidly secured to the front end of the implement frame, a pivoted link connection between the upper end of the cantilevered portion and the upper portion of the connection between the hydraulic lift means and the medial portions of the booms, and manually operable means for admitting liquid from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic lift means to raise the rear ends of the booms.

6. In a structure according to claim 5 in which said cantilevered portion comprises a lever bar rigidly secured at its lower end to the front end of the implement frame.

7. Hydraulic lift means for a tractor having a hydraulic pump comprising a fixed frame secured at its forward end to the rear end of the tractor, vertically movable hydraulic lift means mounted in the fixed frame, a boom disposed on each side of the fixed frame and having its front end pivotally secured to the fixed frame, a connection between the hydraulic lift means and a medial portion of the booms, an implement frame having its front end pivotally secured to the rear ends of the booms, an uprising lever bar rigidly secured to the front end of the implement frame, a pivoted link connection between the upper end of the lever bar and the connection between the hydraulic lift means and the medial portions of the booms, and manually operable means for admitting liquid from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic lift means to raise the rear ends of the booms.

8. Hydraulic lift means for a, tractor having" a hydraulic pump comprising a fixed frame secured at its forward end to the rear end of the tractor, vertically movable hydraulic lift means mounted in the fixed frame, a boom disposed on each side of the fixed frame and having their front ends pivotally secured to the fixed frame, a connection between the hydraulic lift means and a medial portion of the booms, an implement frame having its front end pivotally secured to the rear ends of the booms, an up rising cantilevered portion rigidly secured to the front end of the implement frame, a pivoted link connection between the upper end of the cantilevered portion and the connection between the hydraulic lift means and the medial portions of the booms, and manually operable means for admitting liquid from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic lift means to raise the rear ends of the booms, said cantilevered portion comprising a pair of diverging bars secured at their lower ends to the front end of the implement frame and having their upper ends disposed adjacent each other, a pair of links having their lower ends secured to a medial portion of the implement frame and extending upwardly and forwardly to a point adjacent the upper ends of the diverging bars and a bolt penetrating the pair of links and the diverging bars and said link connection with the upper portion of the fixed frame.

JESSE C. HAWKINS.

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